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l ji t_jloli-\a watt-wax 1 Â» ' '' ' '. . :. p dollars payable in i i - â€¢ t>vo v i â– ... .-, i for the first and 2a cts â– tinsertion courtordera i Â« rates alib i those wbo advertise by the year i i â– â€¢''' r.li:>i,n_s--tlii:ilmu'l'ose!.s !.. seen by reference to our col ' , rev mr buxton minister of â– un church at this place and lthe i iton has deemed it necessary to â– lli . , , ot i'uilips white to â– not . 0 enter his protest to said al â– scandalous to â– ,-' for the bishop and not i i â– 'â€¢â– ' Â£ hiin by bis pen but by bis i :":> " r'and examine ; to protest solemn â– 'â– ' " 0(jt agai,)st lhe principles oi â– u > . p s white to in â– i:,e ',.' o * responsible name lo i mifblel discussion on the subject and p issage from the â– ',, ' (^ appose to jus â– stheuseot wine we are pleased to â– â– â– ;. mkness ol mr buxton on this and do not entertain a doubt ol â– -â– "'. h is â– Â» gentleman and a l ' r anj vvill doubtless ileal with an tts lhe subject in the rj't of candor liberality and lair "' his communication has created i ' ,. some astonishment and â– c0!l , â€¢ vve see nothing in it lhal â– some t1--1 , , _.. strange or new his i lions were laken by many learned â– p an(j divines al the earliest history ol wt teflipera"ce reformation in thiscoun hl e ] ve been renewed at various â– try anu " . is and places by various men down lo tbe present gradually however dimin ijsbui1"'1 magnitude and importance ; yet â– con'.c.i_.'<j for i men in high places both jni-e wÂ°rld luk church his own chare where it has spoken against the â– temperance reformation at all has taken t__"-.i.Â»e ground all the time viz :â€” thai il.e church is sufficient to effect all the â– reformatio that can he effected in the j.ves of sinful men ; t*'at l s lbe ordain â– edirisiruin-iit in the hands of god to re â– form reclaim and redeem men from all guilt and what it cannot or does not do pere human institutions be their charac j ler what it may arc totally inadequate to j perform thai there is no sin iu the mod | eratu use of wines and spirituous liquors that the church has never interdicted the moderate use of the same and for these and other reasons it has in a great de gree stood aloof from all such societies more than this a church that claims a di vine origin and a ministry that are thele j gitimate and only true successors of christ and the apostles ought to be well forti fied not only in its claims its doctrines and its usages but its ministers ought abuve ail men to be fully prepared not onljby human reason and argument but by scriptural authority scripture warrant and divine enactment to justify and sus tain themselves in whatever and in all ihey do thus we say it is nothing new ; orstrange to hear ministers belonging to \ a church holding these views tal<e the positions in the communication of mr !_)., and we think it behooves him either to sustain the use of ' wine and toddy from scripture authority not that of men or the apochraphy or abandon a practice that the world of mankind around us of age prade and profession are beginning to > look upon as disreputable and ol fatal tendency if not immoral and sinful a decent respeel for the opinions of man kind will at no distant day force men anil especi dl ministers to abandon a habit thai leads to such excess as that of drinking liquor to give up a mere luxury imaginary usually lor the good of others and the well being of society for the cha racter of themselves and the advancement of lhe redeemer's kingdom upon the j earth we confess we cannot see that much il any practical good can spring out of a pamphlet discuission particu larly on the lire k and hebrew words of w'0e i and u.'iloinented liquors for whoever mighl have the truth and the meaning of the original on his side the great mass of the people would know no more of the merits ofthe question than toey do of the inhabitants of the moon on lhe declarations of the bible as it now stands on lhe evils of intemperance as it now exists on the degrading influence it exerts upon ihose under its influence on the good the sons ol temperance are do ing common men all men can decide at least satisfactorily to themselves yet we trust that the glove thrown by mr 15 will he taken up by some minister in his own church in our own state for there are seven or eight in the state and that those who are doubting in the episcopal church as well as others may have the scales removed from their eyes one wav or theother if the principles of the sons 01 lemperance are wrong unsafe un scriptural the community ought to be tin r to mr or any one Â«Â«â€¢ to set them right on the contrary e and be wrong they certainly will most cheerfully give in to reason and ru;a we have no fears from reason j revelation that the principles of the t'ercan over be shown to be unreason e unsound or unscriptural yet we re lree to have our opinions fully tested every point and by every reasonable means " - â– m conclusion we advise every body to jitter authority than that of wise men which sa..s look not upon the wine when it is red e it giveth its color in the cup for at tltbitetfi like a serpent and stingeth u*e an adder asheville messenger hau grÂ°wlh j nails experiments show : in f,!,n';in s ulls r,,w lneÂ»r complete length h months and a half a man living se lowilp ", rt hls aiu 186 imes a : kÂ«emwn llil be ha'f atl i,,ch ions'he 1 and it eet ine inclies on each fin fieveni ln-prsa"(1 oÂ«mba an aggregate wtemy-seven feet and six inches i the carolina watchman j j muner ) > " keep a ciieck uror alt your editor cy proprietor ) rulees ( new series do this axdlibertvis safe < gen i harrison ( volume viii number 3 salisbury n c thursday may 22 1851 from gody's lady's bouk for the fun of it by t p arthur 1 just look at ihem loving lovyers /' said harry mears lancing from his compan ion to a young man and maidt n who for the moment unconscious that they were in tin midst of a large company were leaning towards each other and looking in each other's faces in rather a remark able manner isn't it ridiculous ij thought fisher had more sense than to do that as to clara grant she always was a little weak the friend looked at the couple and smiled ' it is ridiculous certainly he re marked ' why havn't they sense enough to keep these itltle love passages for pri vate occasions v â€¢ clara with all her silliness used to he a right pleasant companion said mr j mears ' but since this love affair be j tween her and fisher she has become in , tolerably dull and uninteresting she j doesn't caie a fig for anybody but him and really appears to think it a task to be even polite to an old acquaintance i don't think she has cause to be quite so elated with her conquest as this comes to ; nor feel that in possessing the love of a man like fisher she is independent of the world and may show off the iuditference she h-cls to every one fisher is clever e nough but he is neither a socrates nor a saint ' lie will suit ber very well i imagine yes they wili make a passable dar by and joan no doubt still it always vexes me to set people who pretend to have any sense acting this way ' 1 think it is more her fault than his ' so do i she has shown a disposition to bill and coo from the first at man gum's party last week she made me sick i tried to get her hand for a dance ; but no close lo the side of fisher she ad hered like a fixture and could hardly force her lips into a smile for any one else the gipsy ! i'd punish her for all this if i could just hit upon a good plan of doing it ' let me see remarked the friend drop ping his head into a thoughtful position can't we devise a scheme for worrying her a little 1 she is certainly a fair sub ject it would be fine sport â€¢ yes it would she evidently thinks fisher perfection oh yes ! there never was such a man before she actually said to caroline lee who was trying to jest with her a little that fisher was one ofthe most pure mind ed honorable young men living ' oh dear !' ' is it a fact ' was she serious v ' yes indeed ! serious as the grave caroline was laughing to me about it â€” nearly every one notices the silliness of her conduct and the weakness she dis plays in forever talking about and prais ing him * 1 would like to run him down a little when she could overhear me just for the \ fun of the thing so would i capital this will do i exactly we must watch an opportuni ! ty and if we can get within ear-shot of i her any time that she is by herself we ; must abuse fisher right and left without j appearing to notice that she is listening j to what we say or indeed anywhere near | us â€¢ right ! that's the very thing ! it will ! be capital fun thus the thoughtless young men med ) dling ihemselves in a matter that did not concern ihem determined upon a very questionable piece of lolly all that they said of the lovers was exaggeration it was true that they did show rather more j preference for each other in company than just accorded with good taste ; but this while it provoked a smile from the many j irritated on the few j clara grant notwithstanding the light manner in which the two young men had j spoken of her was a girl of good sense good principles and deep feeling she had several times been addressed by young men before fisher offered his hand ; but with all their attractions there were de fects about them which her habits of close observation enabled her to see that caus ed her to repel their advances and in two instances to decline apparently very ad vantageous offers of marriage in the in tegrity of fisher's character she had the most unbounded confidence ; and she real ly believed as she had said to caroline lee and others that he was one of the purest minded most honorable young men living judge then with what feelings she o verheard about half an hour after the plan to disturb her peace had been form ed the following conversation between mears and his companion carried on in low tones and in a confidential manner she was sitting close to one side of the folding doors and they were in the ad joining room concealed from her by the half partition yet so close that every word they uttered was distinctly heard her attention was first arrested by hearing one of them say â€” , Â« if she knew fisher as well as i do to which the other replied â€” yes or as well as i do but poor girl ! it isn't expected that she is to know everything about young men who visit her it is better that she should not ' still 1 am rather surprised that com mon reports should have given her more information about fisher than she seems to possess so am i but she'll know him better one of these days 4 i'll warrant you that ! perhaps to her sorrow ; though i hope things will turn out differently from what they now pro mise don't you think he is pretty well done with his wild oats ' possibly but time will tell ' yes time proves all things some one joining the young men at this point of their conversation the subject was changed greatly amused at what ihey had done they little thought how sad the effects of their unguarded words would be five minutes afterwards the young man named mears curious to see how clara had been affected by what he knew she must have heard moved to another part of the room in order to observe her without attracting her attention but she had left the place where she was sitting his eye ranged round the room but she was nowhere to be seen i'm afraid we've hurt clara more than we intended he said rejoining his friend â€¢ she has vanished ' ah ! where's fisher v ' he's at the other end ofthe room ' we did'nt^say anything against the young man â€¢ not in particular we made no spe cifications there was nothing that she could take hold of no of course not but i wonder what is going to be the upshot of the matter ' nothing very serious i apprehend ' no i suppose she will go home and cry her eyes half out and then conclude that whatever fisher may have been he's perfection now it's a first-rate joke isn't it ?' clara grant had not only left the par lors but soon after quietly left the house and alone returned to her home when her lover shortly afterwards searched through the rooms for her she was no where to be seen ' where is clara !' he asked of one and and another the answer was â€” " i saw her here a moment since but it was soon very apparent that she was nowhere in the rooms now fisher moved about uneasily lor half an hour still not seeing her he became anxious lest a sudden illness had caused her to re tire from the company more particular inquiries were made ofthe lady who had given the entertainment she immedi ately ascertained for him that clara was not in the house one of the servants re ported that a lady had gone away alone half an hour before fisher did not re main a single moment after receiving this i intelligence but went direct to the house of clara's aunt with whom she lived and there ascertained that she had come home and retired to her room without seeing any one of the family his inquiry whether she were ill the servant could not answer ' have you seen anything of clara yet v asked the friend of mears with a smile as they met about an hour after they had disturbed the peace of a trusting innocent minded girl just for the fun of it ' i have not replied mears where's fisher ' he's gone also ' ah indeed ! i'm sorry the matter was ( taken so seriously by the young lady it j was only a joke ' yes that was all : and she ought to j have known it on the next day fisher who had spent a restless night called to ask for clara as early as he could do so with propriety she wishes you to excuse her said the servant who had taken up his name to the young lady ' is she not well ?' asked fisher ' she has not been out of her room this ; morning i don't think she is very well j the young man retired with a troubled feeling at his heart in the evening he i called again ; but clara sent him word as she had done in the morning that she wish ed to be excused in the meantime the young lady was a prey to the most distressing doubts what [ she had heard vague as it was fell like ice upon her heart she had no reason to question what had been said for it was as far as appeared to her the mere ex pression of a fact made in confidence by â€¢ friend to friend without there being an object in view if any one had come to her and talked to her after that manner ; she would have rejected the allegations indignantly and confidently pronounced them false but they had met her in a | shape so unexpected and with so much ! seeming truth that she was left no alter native but to believe fisher called a third lime ; but still clara de clined seeing him on the day after this last attempt he received a note irom her in these to | him strange words â€” ' dear sik : since i last met you i have j become satisfied that a marriage between us cannot prove a happy one this conclusion is i far more painful lo tne than it can possibly be to you you i trust will soon be able to feel i coldly towards her whose fickleness as you will call it so soon led her to change her mind ; bul a life-shadow is upon my heart if you can for get me do so injustice to yourself as tor me i feel ihat â€” but why should i say this ? charles do not seek to change the resolution i have ta ken for you cannot ; do not ask for explana tinns for i can give none may you be hap j pier lhan i can ever be ! farewell ' clara ' madness !' exclaimed charles fisher as he crumpled this leuer in his hand ' is there no faith in woman v lie sought no explanation : he made no ef | fort to change her resolution ; but merely re , turned this brief answer â€” ' clara you are free il was quickly known among the circle of their friends that the engagement had been ! broken oft mears and his friend may be sup j posed did not feel very comfortable when they heard this ' i didn't think the silly girl would take it so seriously remarked one to the other ' no ; il was a mere joke ' but has turned oul a very serious one â€¢ i guess they'll make it upagain before long 1 i hope so who would have believed it was in her to lake the matter so much at heart or to act with so much decision and firmness ? i really think better of the girl than i did be fore although i pity her from my heart ' hadn't we better make an effort to undo the wrong we have done v ' and we expose ourseles ? oh no we must be as still as death on the subject it is too serious an affair we might gel ourselves into trouble ' true but i cannot bear to think that oth ers are suffering from an act of mine â€¢ it is not a pleasant consciousness certain ly but still to confess what we have done | would place us in a very awkward position in fact not for the world would i have an expo sure of this little act of folly lake place it would affect me in a certain quarter â€” where i need not mention lo you â€” in a way ihat might be exceedingly disagreeable ' i didn't think of that yes i agree with you that we had better keep quiet aboul it i'm sorry ; but it can't be helped now and so the matter was dismissed no one saw clara grant in company for the space of twelve months when she did ap pear all her old friends were struck with lhe great change in her appearance as for fish er he had left the city some months before and gone off to a southern town where it was said be was in good business the cause of estrangement between the lov ers remained a mystery to every one to all questions on the subject clara was silent â€” but ihat she was a sufferer every one could see ' i wish that girl would fall in love with somebody and get married mears remarked to his friend about two years alter they had passed off upon clara their good joke ' her pale quiet suffering face haunts me wherever i go ' so do i who could have believed that a mere joke would turn out so seriously v 4 1 wander if he is married yet v ' it's doubtful he appeared to take the matter quite as hard as she does â€¢ well it's a lesson to me â€¢ and to me also and with this not very satisfactory conclu sion the two friends dropped the subject both since destroying by a few words spoken in i jest the happiness of a loving couple had j wooed and won the maidens of their choice i and were now married both up to this time j had carefully concealed from iheir wives the act of which they had been guilty after returning home from a pleasant com pany one evening at which clara was pre ent the wile of mears said to him â€” you did not seem to enjoy yourself to-night are you not well ?' â€¢ oh yes ; i feel quite well returned mears 1 why then did you look so sober v â€¢ i was not aware that i looked more so than ! usual â€¢ you did then and you look sober now j there must be some cause for this whal is i il dear ?' mears was by no means ignorant of the fact j that he felt sober the presence of clara dis j tressed him more instead of less the oltener he met ber the question of his wife made j him feel half inclined to tell her the truth af j ter thinking for a moment he said â€” i have felt rather graver than usual to night something brought to my recollection | too vividly a little act of folly that has been attended with serious consequences his wife looked slightly alarmed ' it was only a joke â€” just done for lhe fun ofj the thing ; but it was taken much to my sur | prise seriously i was innocent of a desire lo wound bul a few light words have made two hearts wretched mrs mears looked at her husband with sur i prise he continued â€” you remember the strange misunderstand i ing that took place between clara grant and j young fisher about two years ago very well poor clara has never been ; like herself since that time ' i was the cause of it 1 you !' said the wife in astonishment ' yes clara used to make herself quite conspicuous by the way she acted towards fisher with whom she was under an engage * ment ot maniage she hardly saw anybody in company but him and besides she made bold to declare that he was about as near to perfection as it was possible for a young man to come she was always talking about him to her young female friends and praising him to the skies her silly speeches were every j now and then reported much to lhe amuse j ment of young men to whose ears ihey hap j pened to find their way one evening at a j large party she was as usual anchored by the side of her lover and showing off her fondness for him in rather a ridiculous manner a young friend and mvself who were rather amused at this determined in a thoughtless moment that . we would jusi for the fun of the thing run fish er down in a confidential undertone to each other yet loud enough for her to hear us if a good opportunity fordoing so offered before long we noticed her setting alone in a corner near lo the folding doors we managed to get , near yet so as not to appear to notice her and then indulged in some light remarks about her lover mainly to the effect that if his sweet heart knew him as well as we did she might think him not so quite so near perfection as she appeared to do shortly afterwards i search ed the rooms for her in vain from thai night the lovers never again met clara refused to 1 see fisher when he cailed on her the next day and shortly afterwards requested him in writ ; ing to release her marriage contract without giving any reason for her change of mind 4 henry exclaimed mrs mears her voice and countenance expressing the painful sur j prise she felt â€¢ why did you not immediately repair the wrong yon had done ?' ' how could i without exposing myself and causing perhaps a serious collision between me and fisher ?' ' _ ou should have braved every consequence replied mrs mears tirmly ' rather lhan per mitted two loving hearts lo remain severed when a word from you would have reunited them how could you have hesitated a mo i ment as to what was right to o ? but it may not be too late yet clara must know the truth ' think what may be the consequence says mears 1 think rather what have been lhe conse quences was the wile's reply it was in vain lhal mears argued with his f wife about the policy of letting the mailer rest where il was she was a woman and could only feel how deeply clara had been wronged as well as lhe necessity lor an immediate re paration of that wrong for more lhan an hour she argued the matter with her husband who finally consented that she should see cla ra and correct the serious error under which ! she had been laboring early on lhe next day mrs mears called upon the unhappy girl a i closer observation of her face than she had before made revealed deep marks of suffering ' and all this ' for the fun of ii !' she could not help saying to herself with a feeling of sor row after conversing a short time wiih cla ra mrs mears said : i heard something last night so nearly af fecting your peace that i have lost no time in seeing you 1 what is that ?' asked clara a flush passing over her face 4 two years ago you were engaged in mar riage to mr fisher clara made no reply but the flush faded from ber face and her lips quivered slightly for a moment 4 from hearing two persons who were con versing about him make disparaging remarks you were led lo break off thai engagement the face of clara grew paler but she con tinued silent ' by one of them i am authorized to tell you that all they said was in mere jest they j knew you could hear whal ihey said and made the remarks purposely for your ear in order to have a little sport they never dreamed of your laking it so seriously a deep groan heaved the bosom of clara ; her head fell back and her body drooped nerve lessly mrs mears extended her hands quick ly and saved her from falling to the floor " this ' for the fun of it !' " she said to her self bitterly as she lifted the inanimate body ofthe poor girl in her arms and laid it upon the sofa without summoning any ofthe familv mrs mears made use of every effort in her power to restore lhe circle ol life in this she was al lasi successful when the mind ot clara had become again active and measurably calm she | said to hei â€” ' it was a cruel jest and the consequences have been most painful bul i trust it is not yel i too late to repair the wrong thus done although no compensation can be made for the suffering to which you have heen subjected ' il is too late mrs mears â€” loo late re plied clara in a mournful voice ' say not so my dear young friend but clara shook her head il was in vain that mrs mears strove ear nestly to lift up her drooping heart the calm ness wiih which she had been able to bear the destruction of all hopes because there had seemed an adequate cause for the sacrifice she had made was all gone now there bad been no adequate cause for the sacrifice her lover was as excellent and honorable as she at first believed him to be and she had cast him off on lhe authority of a heartless jest to all that her friend could say she had but one reply lo make â€” 4 it is too late now !' ' not loo late i trust said mr mears a good deal disturbed by his wile's relation of her in terview with clara 1 must asrertain where fisher is and write to him on the subject â€” did she say anything that led you to believe that she recognized the voices ofthe persons whom she heard conversing do you think she suspects me in the matter ?" â€¢ i do not think she does 4 so much the better the effect upon clara ofthe information she had received was very serious deeply as she had been alllicted the consciousness of having done ri**"ht in relusing to marry a man who was destitute as she had accidentally discovered of virtuous principles sustained bet bit now it was revealed to her that he was as excellent a she had first believed him and that she had been the victim of a joke ! there was no longer anything to hold her up and accordingly ber spirits completely forsook her and in less lhan two weeks she was seriously li the news ofthis deeply disturbed mr mears who had written lo fisher and was wailing impatiently for an answer ' i am afraid we have made the matter worse he said to his wife who on returning from a visit to clara reported lhal so far from improv in she was too evidently sinking dai ly.0 4 if fisher should have entered in another engagement or if his pride has taken lire at being thrown off on whal may appear lo him suchÂ°slight grounds i really tremble for lhe consequences 4 let us hope for lhe best returned mrs mears 4 as we have acled for lhe best it was plainly our duty to do as we have done on that subject i have no doubt two more weeks of painful suspense and anxiely passed clara did not improve in lhe least mrs mears called to see her e\ery few days but dared not venture to let her her hu band had written lo fisher she was afraid to fill her mind wi'h this hope lest il should â€¢ fail and lhe shock prove loo severe bul even as it was life seemed o be rapidly ebbing away at length there eame a change nature rallied and life flowed though feebly still in healthier currents through lhe veins of ciara grant in a week from the time this change look place she was able lo leave her bed and sit u for a tew hours each day but all who : looked into her young face were grieved at the i sight there were no deep lines of distress there but the marks ot patient yet hopeless suffering one day she sat alone in a dreamy musing stale wiih a book lying upon her lap she had been trying to read but found it impossi ble to take any interest in the pages over which her eyes passed while her mind scarcely ap prehended the sense some one opened the door ; but she did not look around the per son whoever it was only remained lor a mo ment or two and then withdrew in a lillie while lhe door opened again and ome one en tered and came towards her wiih the tread of a man she started to her feet while her heart gave a sud.ien bound as she turned her eyes fell upon lhe form of her long absent love â€” for an instant pei haps longer she looked into his face to read il as an index of his heart and then she lay quivering on his bosom a few weeks later clara the jkjde of chas fisher had left with him tor thevmlh neb her of hem ever knew the authors of the wrong ihey had suffered it was belter per haps thai in this ihey should r<*main ignorant so much "â€¢ for the fun of it fruit a good fruit tree will yield more real market and nutritive value lhan any other crop that can be produced irom the same soil no labor of the farmer and no use of the soil pays more abundantly than when applied to the culture of good iruit as a tree of choice fruit rovers no more land than a poor one it is nl the first im porlance to make the best selections and ren der the most faithful attention to its lull devol opinent man d..es not use one half lhe quan tity of iruit that he should do as an aiticle of food thousands of farmers live mainly on salt beel pork and fish who might have the luscious luxury ot fruit at every meal every month in the vear besides man is adapted in his nature to subsist principally on a vegetable and liuit diet and would be far more healthy happy and long lived for so doing as an article t general food fruit in its vast varieties is without a par allel our friends at a distance from cities will find it a source of profit as railroads now liring them so near the market _â€¢ lo enable them lo compete with tanners in the suburbs of cities we have felt keen regret in irav elling in different portions ofthe country to see so liiile attention paid to the subject of good fruit the spaniards have a maxim that a man is ungrateful to past generation that planted iho tree from which he cars and deals unjustly wiih the next generation unless he plants the seed of that fruit that il may furnish food for those who come alter him thus when a son ot spain eats a peach or pear by the road side wherever he is he digs with his foot in the ground and covers the pit or lhe core con sequently all over spain by the road side and elsewhere fruit in great abundance tempts the taste and is ever free this is an easily wrought chaiity and an evidence of a noble soul lel this practice be imitated in our own country and the weary wanderer will be blest and bless lhe hand and the liberal charily that ministered lo his comfoit and joy we are bound to leave lhe world as good or heller lhan we found it and he is a selfish churl who basks under he shadow and eats the iruit of trees which other hands have planted if he will not also plant trees which shall yield iruit to coming generations no young man should vole or marry until he has planted at least one tree as an evidence of good citizenship who planted the elms of boston common and of new haven which aie so justly celebrated ? surely not lhe present generation l<t iruit trees be in like manner bequeathed that un born generations may be graieiul to this gaming â€” the following passage from the charge of judge nicholas to the j rand jury of the city of richmond and henrico county va at the late term has reference lo a vice lha destructive tendencies of which are not over slated in the strong and pointed language of the judge : the first of these whicli i shall mention are the various laws made to prevent unlawful gamin ot the destructive and demoralizing effects of this vice every person of observation and experience must be convinced its ten dency is to destroy all habits of regular indus ley it adds io the impoverishment ol indiv iduals and families produces habits of diss ; pation and ends in the ruin of its v,,'ari<*s who might otherwise have become um*i_i citizens to the youth ol our country it is particularly pernicious at a peiiod ot life when the tern peramenl is anf-nt the mini unsuspicious and the character not formed the seductive love of play imperceptibly but not less surely leads to the destruction of many a young man of bright prospects the hope and perhaps the stay ofhisfamily it is by the influen bane ful pas-ion on this class that society is wound ed iu its most vital interests i feel it my duly to recommend lo you not only to enquire but in ihe emphatic language ol your oath iliii>a illy to enquire whether gaming be not carried on within the limits of your jurisdiction in a sys temalic and organized manner and to an alarm ing extent and il so to apply lhe proper correc ti"e _ recipe for making bur to make the best beer in the world take one pint ol corn and boil it until il is a little soli add to it one 1 pint of molasses and one gallon of water . shake ibem well together and set it by lhe fire and in twenty-four hours the beer will be excellent i when ail the beer in the jug is used just add more moiasses and water the samec-rn will answer for six months aud the beer will be fit f..r use in twelve hours by keeping the jug which contains it arm in the absence ol molasses sugar or honey will answei in its place in this way the whole ingredients us.d in making a gallon of be.r will not cost ex ceeding four cents and it is better and more wholesome lhan c\der.-pauldins miss cla rion a ung line.-cnpr k cowin of ply mouth is making a sounding line for the united states government ten thousand | yards long

l ji t_jloli-\a watt-wax 1 Â» ' '' ' '. . :. p dollars payable in i i - â€¢ t>vo v i â– ... .-, i for the first and 2a cts â– tinsertion courtordera i Â« rates alib i those wbo advertise by the year i i â– â€¢''' r.li:>i,n_s--tlii:ilmu'l'ose!.s !.. seen by reference to our col ' , rev mr buxton minister of â– un church at this place and lthe i iton has deemed it necessary to â– lli . , , ot i'uilips white to â– not . 0 enter his protest to said al â– scandalous to â– ,-' for the bishop and not i i â– 'â€¢â– ' Â£ hiin by bis pen but by bis i :":> " r'and examine ; to protest solemn â– 'â– ' " 0(jt agai,)st lhe principles oi â– u > . p s white to in â– i:,e ',.' o * responsible name lo i mifblel discussion on the subject and p issage from the â– ',, ' (^ appose to jus â– stheuseot wine we are pleased to â– â– â– ;. mkness ol mr buxton on this and do not entertain a doubt ol â– -â– "'. h is â– Â» gentleman and a l ' r anj vvill doubtless ileal with an tts lhe subject in the rj't of candor liberality and lair "' his communication has created i ' ,. some astonishment and â– c0!l , â€¢ vve see nothing in it lhal â– some t1--1 , , _.. strange or new his i lions were laken by many learned â– p an(j divines al the earliest history ol wt teflipera"ce reformation in thiscoun hl e ] ve been renewed at various â– try anu " . is and places by various men down lo tbe present gradually however dimin ijsbui1"'1 magnitude and importance ; yet â– con'.c.i_.' look upon as disreputable and ol fatal tendency if not immoral and sinful a decent respeel for the opinions of man kind will at no distant day force men anil especi dl ministers to abandon a habit thai leads to such excess as that of drinking liquor to give up a mere luxury imaginary usually lor the good of others and the well being of society for the cha racter of themselves and the advancement of lhe redeemer's kingdom upon the j earth we confess we cannot see that much il any practical good can spring out of a pamphlet discuission particu larly on the lire k and hebrew words of w'0e i and u.'iloinented liquors for whoever mighl have the truth and the meaning of the original on his side the great mass of the people would know no more of the merits ofthe question than toey do of the inhabitants of the moon on lhe declarations of the bible as it now stands on lhe evils of intemperance as it now exists on the degrading influence it exerts upon ihose under its influence on the good the sons ol temperance are do ing common men all men can decide at least satisfactorily to themselves yet we trust that the glove thrown by mr 15 will he taken up by some minister in his own church in our own state for there are seven or eight in the state and that those who are doubting in the episcopal church as well as others may have the scales removed from their eyes one wav or theother if the principles of the sons 01 lemperance are wrong unsafe un scriptural the community ought to be tin r to mr or any one Â«Â«â€¢ to set them right on the contrary e and be wrong they certainly will most cheerfully give in to reason and ru;a we have no fears from reason j revelation that the principles of the t'ercan over be shown to be unreason e unsound or unscriptural yet we re lree to have our opinions fully tested every point and by every reasonable means " - â– m conclusion we advise every body to jitter authority than that of wise men which sa..s look not upon the wine when it is red e it giveth its color in the cup for at tltbitetfi like a serpent and stingeth u*e an adder asheville messenger hau grÂ°wlh j nails experiments show : in f,!,n';in s ulls r,,w lneÂ»r complete length h months and a half a man living se lowilp ", rt hls aiu 186 imes a : kÂ«emwn llil be ha'f atl i,,ch ions'he 1 and it eet ine inclies on each fin fieveni ln-prsa"(1 oÂ«mba an aggregate wtemy-seven feet and six inches i the carolina watchman j j muner ) > " keep a ciieck uror alt your editor cy proprietor ) rulees ( new series do this axdlibertvis safe < gen i harrison ( volume viii number 3 salisbury n c thursday may 22 1851 from gody's lady's bouk for the fun of it by t p arthur 1 just look at ihem loving lovyers /' said harry mears lancing from his compan ion to a young man and maidt n who for the moment unconscious that they were in tin midst of a large company were leaning towards each other and looking in each other's faces in rather a remark able manner isn't it ridiculous ij thought fisher had more sense than to do that as to clara grant she always was a little weak the friend looked at the couple and smiled ' it is ridiculous certainly he re marked ' why havn't they sense enough to keep these itltle love passages for pri vate occasions v â€¢ clara with all her silliness used to he a right pleasant companion said mr j mears ' but since this love affair be j tween her and fisher she has become in , tolerably dull and uninteresting she j doesn't caie a fig for anybody but him and really appears to think it a task to be even polite to an old acquaintance i don't think she has cause to be quite so elated with her conquest as this comes to ; nor feel that in possessing the love of a man like fisher she is independent of the world and may show off the iuditference she h-cls to every one fisher is clever e nough but he is neither a socrates nor a saint ' lie will suit ber very well i imagine yes they wili make a passable dar by and joan no doubt still it always vexes me to set people who pretend to have any sense acting this way ' 1 think it is more her fault than his ' so do i she has shown a disposition to bill and coo from the first at man gum's party last week she made me sick i tried to get her hand for a dance ; but no close lo the side of fisher she ad hered like a fixture and could hardly force her lips into a smile for any one else the gipsy ! i'd punish her for all this if i could just hit upon a good plan of doing it ' let me see remarked the friend drop ping his head into a thoughtful position can't we devise a scheme for worrying her a little 1 she is certainly a fair sub ject it would be fine sport â€¢ yes it would she evidently thinks fisher perfection oh yes ! there never was such a man before she actually said to caroline lee who was trying to jest with her a little that fisher was one ofthe most pure mind ed honorable young men living ' oh dear !' ' is it a fact ' was she serious v ' yes indeed ! serious as the grave caroline was laughing to me about it â€” nearly every one notices the silliness of her conduct and the weakness she dis plays in forever talking about and prais ing him * 1 would like to run him down a little when she could overhear me just for the \ fun of the thing so would i capital this will do i exactly we must watch an opportuni ! ty and if we can get within ear-shot of i her any time that she is by herself we ; must abuse fisher right and left without j appearing to notice that she is listening j to what we say or indeed anywhere near | us â€¢ right ! that's the very thing ! it will ! be capital fun thus the thoughtless young men med ) dling ihemselves in a matter that did not concern ihem determined upon a very questionable piece of lolly all that they said of the lovers was exaggeration it was true that they did show rather more j preference for each other in company than just accorded with good taste ; but this while it provoked a smile from the many j irritated on the few j clara grant notwithstanding the light manner in which the two young men had j spoken of her was a girl of good sense good principles and deep feeling she had several times been addressed by young men before fisher offered his hand ; but with all their attractions there were de fects about them which her habits of close observation enabled her to see that caus ed her to repel their advances and in two instances to decline apparently very ad vantageous offers of marriage in the in tegrity of fisher's character she had the most unbounded confidence ; and she real ly believed as she had said to caroline lee and others that he was one of the purest minded most honorable young men living judge then with what feelings she o verheard about half an hour after the plan to disturb her peace had been form ed the following conversation between mears and his companion carried on in low tones and in a confidential manner she was sitting close to one side of the folding doors and they were in the ad joining room concealed from her by the half partition yet so close that every word they uttered was distinctly heard her attention was first arrested by hearing one of them say â€” , Â« if she knew fisher as well as i do to which the other replied â€” yes or as well as i do but poor girl ! it isn't expected that she is to know everything about young men who visit her it is better that she should not ' still 1 am rather surprised that com mon reports should have given her more information about fisher than she seems to possess so am i but she'll know him better one of these days 4 i'll warrant you that ! perhaps to her sorrow ; though i hope things will turn out differently from what they now pro mise don't you think he is pretty well done with his wild oats ' possibly but time will tell ' yes time proves all things some one joining the young men at this point of their conversation the subject was changed greatly amused at what ihey had done they little thought how sad the effects of their unguarded words would be five minutes afterwards the young man named mears curious to see how clara had been affected by what he knew she must have heard moved to another part of the room in order to observe her without attracting her attention but she had left the place where she was sitting his eye ranged round the room but she was nowhere to be seen i'm afraid we've hurt clara more than we intended he said rejoining his friend â€¢ she has vanished ' ah ! where's fisher v ' he's at the other end ofthe room ' we did'nt^say anything against the young man â€¢ not in particular we made no spe cifications there was nothing that she could take hold of no of course not but i wonder what is going to be the upshot of the matter ' nothing very serious i apprehend ' no i suppose she will go home and cry her eyes half out and then conclude that whatever fisher may have been he's perfection now it's a first-rate joke isn't it ?' clara grant had not only left the par lors but soon after quietly left the house and alone returned to her home when her lover shortly afterwards searched through the rooms for her she was no where to be seen ' where is clara !' he asked of one and and another the answer was â€” " i saw her here a moment since but it was soon very apparent that she was nowhere in the rooms now fisher moved about uneasily lor half an hour still not seeing her he became anxious lest a sudden illness had caused her to re tire from the company more particular inquiries were made ofthe lady who had given the entertainment she immedi ately ascertained for him that clara was not in the house one of the servants re ported that a lady had gone away alone half an hour before fisher did not re main a single moment after receiving this i intelligence but went direct to the house of clara's aunt with whom she lived and there ascertained that she had come home and retired to her room without seeing any one of the family his inquiry whether she were ill the servant could not answer ' have you seen anything of clara yet v asked the friend of mears with a smile as they met about an hour after they had disturbed the peace of a trusting innocent minded girl just for the fun of it ' i have not replied mears where's fisher ' he's gone also ' ah indeed ! i'm sorry the matter was ( taken so seriously by the young lady it j was only a joke ' yes that was all : and she ought to j have known it on the next day fisher who had spent a restless night called to ask for clara as early as he could do so with propriety she wishes you to excuse her said the servant who had taken up his name to the young lady ' is she not well ?' asked fisher ' she has not been out of her room this ; morning i don't think she is very well j the young man retired with a troubled feeling at his heart in the evening he i called again ; but clara sent him word as she had done in the morning that she wish ed to be excused in the meantime the young lady was a prey to the most distressing doubts what [ she had heard vague as it was fell like ice upon her heart she had no reason to question what had been said for it was as far as appeared to her the mere ex pression of a fact made in confidence by â€¢ friend to friend without there being an object in view if any one had come to her and talked to her after that manner ; she would have rejected the allegations indignantly and confidently pronounced them false but they had met her in a | shape so unexpected and with so much ! seeming truth that she was left no alter native but to believe fisher called a third lime ; but still clara de clined seeing him on the day after this last attempt he received a note irom her in these to | him strange words â€” ' dear sik : since i last met you i have j become satisfied that a marriage between us cannot prove a happy one this conclusion is i far more painful lo tne than it can possibly be to you you i trust will soon be able to feel i coldly towards her whose fickleness as you will call it so soon led her to change her mind ; bul a life-shadow is upon my heart if you can for get me do so injustice to yourself as tor me i feel ihat â€” but why should i say this ? charles do not seek to change the resolution i have ta ken for you cannot ; do not ask for explana tinns for i can give none may you be hap j pier lhan i can ever be ! farewell ' clara ' madness !' exclaimed charles fisher as he crumpled this leuer in his hand ' is there no faith in woman v lie sought no explanation : he made no ef | fort to change her resolution ; but merely re , turned this brief answer â€” ' clara you are free il was quickly known among the circle of their friends that the engagement had been ! broken oft mears and his friend may be sup j posed did not feel very comfortable when they heard this ' i didn't think the silly girl would take it so seriously remarked one to the other ' no ; il was a mere joke ' but has turned oul a very serious one â€¢ i guess they'll make it upagain before long 1 i hope so who would have believed it was in her to lake the matter so much at heart or to act with so much decision and firmness ? i really think better of the girl than i did be fore although i pity her from my heart ' hadn't we better make an effort to undo the wrong we have done v ' and we expose ourseles ? oh no we must be as still as death on the subject it is too serious an affair we might gel ourselves into trouble ' true but i cannot bear to think that oth ers are suffering from an act of mine â€¢ it is not a pleasant consciousness certain ly but still to confess what we have done | would place us in a very awkward position in fact not for the world would i have an expo sure of this little act of folly lake place it would affect me in a certain quarter â€” where i need not mention lo you â€” in a way ihat might be exceedingly disagreeable ' i didn't think of that yes i agree with you that we had better keep quiet aboul it i'm sorry ; but it can't be helped now and so the matter was dismissed no one saw clara grant in company for the space of twelve months when she did ap pear all her old friends were struck with lhe great change in her appearance as for fish er he had left the city some months before and gone off to a southern town where it was said be was in good business the cause of estrangement between the lov ers remained a mystery to every one to all questions on the subject clara was silent â€” but ihat she was a sufferer every one could see ' i wish that girl would fall in love with somebody and get married mears remarked to his friend about two years alter they had passed off upon clara their good joke ' her pale quiet suffering face haunts me wherever i go ' so do i who could have believed that a mere joke would turn out so seriously v 4 1 wander if he is married yet v ' it's doubtful he appeared to take the matter quite as hard as she does â€¢ well it's a lesson to me â€¢ and to me also and with this not very satisfactory conclu sion the two friends dropped the subject both since destroying by a few words spoken in i jest the happiness of a loving couple had j wooed and won the maidens of their choice i and were now married both up to this time j had carefully concealed from iheir wives the act of which they had been guilty after returning home from a pleasant com pany one evening at which clara was pre ent the wile of mears said to him â€” you did not seem to enjoy yourself to-night are you not well ?' â€¢ oh yes ; i feel quite well returned mears 1 why then did you look so sober v â€¢ i was not aware that i looked more so than ! usual â€¢ you did then and you look sober now j there must be some cause for this whal is i il dear ?' mears was by no means ignorant of the fact j that he felt sober the presence of clara dis j tressed him more instead of less the oltener he met ber the question of his wife made j him feel half inclined to tell her the truth af j ter thinking for a moment he said â€” i have felt rather graver than usual to night something brought to my recollection | too vividly a little act of folly that has been attended with serious consequences his wife looked slightly alarmed ' it was only a joke â€” just done for lhe fun ofj the thing ; but it was taken much to my sur | prise seriously i was innocent of a desire lo wound bul a few light words have made two hearts wretched mrs mears looked at her husband with sur i prise he continued â€” you remember the strange misunderstand i ing that took place between clara grant and j young fisher about two years ago very well poor clara has never been ; like herself since that time ' i was the cause of it 1 you !' said the wife in astonishment ' yes clara used to make herself quite conspicuous by the way she acted towards fisher with whom she was under an engage * ment ot maniage she hardly saw anybody in company but him and besides she made bold to declare that he was about as near to perfection as it was possible for a young man to come she was always talking about him to her young female friends and praising him to the skies her silly speeches were every j now and then reported much to lhe amuse j ment of young men to whose ears ihey hap j pened to find their way one evening at a j large party she was as usual anchored by the side of her lover and showing off her fondness for him in rather a ridiculous manner a young friend and mvself who were rather amused at this determined in a thoughtless moment that . we would jusi for the fun of the thing run fish er down in a confidential undertone to each other yet loud enough for her to hear us if a good opportunity fordoing so offered before long we noticed her setting alone in a corner near lo the folding doors we managed to get , near yet so as not to appear to notice her and then indulged in some light remarks about her lover mainly to the effect that if his sweet heart knew him as well as we did she might think him not so quite so near perfection as she appeared to do shortly afterwards i search ed the rooms for her in vain from thai night the lovers never again met clara refused to 1 see fisher when he cailed on her the next day and shortly afterwards requested him in writ ; ing to release her marriage contract without giving any reason for her change of mind 4 henry exclaimed mrs mears her voice and countenance expressing the painful sur j prise she felt â€¢ why did you not immediately repair the wrong yon had done ?' ' how could i without exposing myself and causing perhaps a serious collision between me and fisher ?' ' _ ou should have braved every consequence replied mrs mears tirmly ' rather lhan per mitted two loving hearts lo remain severed when a word from you would have reunited them how could you have hesitated a mo i ment as to what was right to o ? but it may not be too late yet clara must know the truth ' think what may be the consequence says mears 1 think rather what have been lhe conse quences was the wile's reply it was in vain lhal mears argued with his f wife about the policy of letting the mailer rest where il was she was a woman and could only feel how deeply clara had been wronged as well as lhe necessity lor an immediate re paration of that wrong for more lhan an hour she argued the matter with her husband who finally consented that she should see cla ra and correct the serious error under which ! she had been laboring early on lhe next day mrs mears called upon the unhappy girl a i closer observation of her face than she had before made revealed deep marks of suffering ' and all this ' for the fun of ii !' she could not help saying to herself with a feeling of sor row after conversing a short time wiih cla ra mrs mears said : i heard something last night so nearly af fecting your peace that i have lost no time in seeing you 1 what is that ?' asked clara a flush passing over her face 4 two years ago you were engaged in mar riage to mr fisher clara made no reply but the flush faded from ber face and her lips quivered slightly for a moment 4 from hearing two persons who were con versing about him make disparaging remarks you were led lo break off thai engagement the face of clara grew paler but she con tinued silent ' by one of them i am authorized to tell you that all they said was in mere jest they j knew you could hear whal ihey said and made the remarks purposely for your ear in order to have a little sport they never dreamed of your laking it so seriously a deep groan heaved the bosom of clara ; her head fell back and her body drooped nerve lessly mrs mears extended her hands quick ly and saved her from falling to the floor " this ' for the fun of it !' " she said to her self bitterly as she lifted the inanimate body ofthe poor girl in her arms and laid it upon the sofa without summoning any ofthe familv mrs mears made use of every effort in her power to restore lhe circle ol life in this she was al lasi successful when the mind ot clara had become again active and measurably calm she | said to hei â€” ' it was a cruel jest and the consequences have been most painful bul i trust it is not yel i too late to repair the wrong thus done although no compensation can be made for the suffering to which you have heen subjected ' il is too late mrs mears â€” loo late re plied clara in a mournful voice ' say not so my dear young friend but clara shook her head il was in vain that mrs mears strove ear nestly to lift up her drooping heart the calm ness wiih which she had been able to bear the destruction of all hopes because there had seemed an adequate cause for the sacrifice she had made was all gone now there bad been no adequate cause for the sacrifice her lover was as excellent and honorable as she at first believed him to be and she had cast him off on lhe authority of a heartless jest to all that her friend could say she had but one reply lo make â€” 4 it is too late now !' ' not loo late i trust said mr mears a good deal disturbed by his wile's relation of her in terview with clara 1 must asrertain where fisher is and write to him on the subject â€” did she say anything that led you to believe that she recognized the voices ofthe persons whom she heard conversing do you think she suspects me in the matter ?" â€¢ i do not think she does 4 so much the better the effect upon clara ofthe information she had received was very serious deeply as she had been alllicted the consciousness of having done ri**"ht in relusing to marry a man who was destitute as she had accidentally discovered of virtuous principles sustained bet bit now it was revealed to her that he was as excellent a she had first believed him and that she had been the victim of a joke ! there was no longer anything to hold her up and accordingly ber spirits completely forsook her and in less lhan two weeks she was seriously li the news ofthis deeply disturbed mr mears who had written lo fisher and was wailing impatiently for an answer ' i am afraid we have made the matter worse he said to his wife who on returning from a visit to clara reported lhal so far from improv in she was too evidently sinking dai ly.0 4 if fisher should have entered in another engagement or if his pride has taken lire at being thrown off on whal may appear lo him suchÂ°slight grounds i really tremble for lhe consequences 4 let us hope for lhe best returned mrs mears 4 as we have acled for lhe best it was plainly our duty to do as we have done on that subject i have no doubt two more weeks of painful suspense and anxiely passed clara did not improve in lhe least mrs mears called to see her e\ery few days but dared not venture to let her her hu band had written lo fisher she was afraid to fill her mind wi'h this hope lest il should â€¢ fail and lhe shock prove loo severe bul even as it was life seemed o be rapidly ebbing away at length there eame a change nature rallied and life flowed though feebly still in healthier currents through lhe veins of ciara grant in a week from the time this change look place she was able lo leave her bed and sit u for a tew hours each day but all who : looked into her young face were grieved at the i sight there were no deep lines of distress there but the marks ot patient yet hopeless suffering one day she sat alone in a dreamy musing stale wiih a book lying upon her lap she had been trying to read but found it impossi ble to take any interest in the pages over which her eyes passed while her mind scarcely ap prehended the sense some one opened the door ; but she did not look around the per son whoever it was only remained lor a mo ment or two and then withdrew in a lillie while lhe door opened again and ome one en tered and came towards her wiih the tread of a man she started to her feet while her heart gave a sud.ien bound as she turned her eyes fell upon lhe form of her long absent love â€” for an instant pei haps longer she looked into his face to read il as an index of his heart and then she lay quivering on his bosom a few weeks later clara the jkjde of chas fisher had left with him tor thevmlh neb her of hem ever knew the authors of the wrong ihey had suffered it was belter per haps thai in this ihey should ra illy to enquire whether gaming be not carried on within the limits of your jurisdiction in a sys temalic and organized manner and to an alarm ing extent and il so to apply lhe proper correc ti"e _ recipe for making bur to make the best beer in the world take one pint ol corn and boil it until il is a little soli add to it one 1 pint of molasses and one gallon of water . shake ibem well together and set it by lhe fire and in twenty-four hours the beer will be excellent i when ail the beer in the jug is used just add more moiasses and water the samec-rn will answer for six months aud the beer will be fit f..r use in twelve hours by keeping the jug which contains it arm in the absence ol molasses sugar or honey will answei in its place in this way the whole ingredients us.d in making a gallon of be.r will not cost ex ceeding four cents and it is better and more wholesome lhan c\der.-pauldins miss cla rion a ung line.-cnpr k cowin of ply mouth is making a sounding line for the united states government ten thousand | yards long